英文词汇“剑拔弩张”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

剑拔弩张

释义

剑拔弩张jiàn bá nǔ zhāng

all is set for a showdown; at daggers drawn; at swords’points; bare fangs; be ready to jump at each other’s throat;become dangerously explosive; brandish swords and draw bows; in a blustering and aggressive manner;with swords drawn and bows bent (/crossbows set)
❍ 今天我们看到，南北都在～。(爱新觉罗·溥仪《我的前半生》117) …and today we find North and South at daggers drawn.
❍ 徐鹏飞连忙插身于～的局势中，……(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》193) Xu Pengfei hurriedly intervened to prevent the situation from breaking out into open violence.
❍ 马慕韩见冯永祥和柳惠光两个人你一言我一语的，有点～的形势，他旋即把话题拉过来。(周而复《上海的早晨》 Ⅰ —430) Fearing that Feng Yongxiang and Liu Huiguang might come to blows if they continued bandying words with one another,Ma Muhan quickly changed the subject.
❍ 我尝见人评古人的文章，说谁是“锋棱太露”，谁又是“～”，就因为对面的文章，完全消灭了的缘故，……(《鲁迅选集》Ⅳ—190)I have seen the work of certain old writers criticized as too sharp or too emotional just because their opponents’writings had disappeared.

剑拔弩张

with swords drawn and bows bent;saber-rattling

剑拔弩张jiàn bá nǔ zhānɡ

弩：弓。剑从鞘中拔出，弓也张开了。比喻形势紧张，一触即发；也比喻书法、作品非常雄健。confront each other with daggers, at daggers point, with swords drawn, rattle one’s sabres

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